Ode To The Flu

My apologies if this post is late

I'm contending with something I hate

No matter what I've tried to do

I can't get rid of this blasted flu

I've aching bones, a pounding head

I'd rather just stay in bed

My ears are plugged, can't hear a thing

Even when the telephone rings

How many boxes of tissues I've used?

Countless, my poor nostrils are abused

And I blow and blow but all for naught

Because I've an endless supply of snot.